About Us

Our Mission and Values

Our mission is to protect and defend the rights of our indigent clients through effective, vigorous, compassionate, and creative legal advocacy. We strive to provide the highest level of legal advocacy for each of our clients, and to be a nationwide model for the delivery of indigent defense services.

Leadership

Jeff Adachi, Public Defender

Meet California’s only elected public defender, whose office represents more than 23,000 people each year.